Manuel Padilla Jr.

Biographie de Manuel Padilla Jr.

Manuel Padilla Jr. est né le mercredi 13 juillet 1955 (Cancer ♋) à Los Angeles, California, USA et décédé le mardi 29 janvier 2008 (52 ans)

In the 1960s, Padilla was a popular child actor, usually playing the Mexican or Indian boy in TV westerns such as "Rawhide," "Bonanza" and "Gunsmoke". He was a regular in the 1960s TV series "Tarzan", with actor Ron Ely, in dozens of episodes as native boy 'Jai', and as also a semi-regular in the TV series, "The Flying Nun", with actress Sally Field. In featured films, as an adult, Padilla made appearances in the films, "The Great White Hope", "American Graffiti", "A Man Called Horse", and "Scarface", among others.

Padilla died unexpectedly at age 52, just after making a public appearance at the Grand National Roadster Show in Pomona, California, in January 2008.

Manuel Padilla Jr. est principalement connu pour ses rôles de "Carlos" dans American Graffiti.